Combination brush and mop holder



Sept. 17, 1929. w. WELLINGTON 1,728,845

COMBINATION snusn AND no? aomma Filed Sept. 13. 1928 Patented Sept. 17,

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Application filed September 13, 1928. Serial No. 305,733. g

The present invention relates to scrubbing brush and mop holders, andaims to provide a novel and improved combination holder for either ascrubbing brush or a mop. 5 Another object of the invention is to provide a combination brush and mop .holder having improved features ofconstruction in order to render the device efficient and convenient inuse and to provide for advantages and benefits overprior devices ofthistkind.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction andarrangement of parts, as

1 hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changescan bemade within the scope oliwhat is'elaimed, without de parting fromthe spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof With a mop applied thereto. I I

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device with I a scrubbing brushapplied thereto;

The holder comprises a handle 1 of wood, metal or other suitablematerial, and a sheet metal plate 2 having the straps or portions 3ressed therefrom toward opposite sides and orming a socket to receivethe reduced lower terminal 4 of the handle. The lower end of the handlehas a diametrical notch or slot 4 engaging the plate 2 to prevent thehandle 1 from turning in the socket or the plate 2 from turning on thehandle.

The plate 2 is provided with recesses 6 at its opposite side edgesthrough which are slidable the side members 7 ofa wire yoke, and

the members 7 are adapted to seat.

The jaw 5 and hooks 10 are adapted to grip the plate 2 has the abutments9 against which nd "a sc'rubbing, bru sh13', as seen in 1 i 1 f "1 Thewire yokeS is made of suitable resilient wire, and has the. portions 14converg' ingfrom the upper ends of the members 7,

with one terminal of thewire bent around the opposite portion ,14,'asat15. a

The yoke 8has' the zig-za'g or elastic spring 'portionv'16' beyond theportions 14 and terininating in aloop or hook 17 loosely jem co bracingalever 18. I q The lever 118 is conveniently made of sheet metal and hasits lower end pivoted, as at '19,

within af'slot of the handle 1 nearthe lower end of the handle; Thelever has a series of o5 ratchet notches 20 along its'inner edge torecelve theloop 17. The outer edge of the lever is formed with aflange21 in order to stiffen the lever, and the upper end portionof the "leveris twisted at right angles tofornia han- To dle-22fi A hook23 is carriedby thehandle I "for theengagement of the leverto hold the lever'adjacentto thehandle. ,The hook 23' has a tapered fshank or tankj24cflengagingthrough'the handle and clinched therein. By swinging the lever 18 towardthe handle 11 and springing the lever toward oneside it is disengagedfrom the hook or catol1'23, and the lever may then be swung downwardlymayhe the handle, to release the yoke 8. so This permits the 'yoketo beslid outwardly for placing either a mop or a brush betweenthe 'jaws 5and/11.

A mop .12 may be placed around the jaw "11, with the loop l7engaged in anotch near as I the free or upper terminal of thelever18,and then byswinging the lever 18 against the handle and engaging .the leverunderthe hook 23, the mop 12 isclamped between the jaws 5 and 11, as seen inFig. 2. I so When a scrubbing brush is to be applied to the holder, theloop 17 is engaged with notch 20 near the pivot 19, so that when thelever isswung against the handle and en- I gaged with the hook 23, theback ofthe brush will be tightly clamped'and held between the jaw 5 andhooks 10, as seen in Fig. 3.

The'members or arms 17 contact with the shoulders 19, and the springportion 16 of the yoke is adapted to expand or stretch when' isignature.

the lever 18 is moved against the handle, in order to apply the desiredpressure between the jaws to clamp either the mop or the brushtherebetween.

The holder will accommodate mops and brushes of different sizes, and theresilient portion 16 of the yoke permits of suificient resilient actionto enable the mop or brush to be tightly held between the jaws. Thedevice may be inexpensively manufactured, the parts 2, l8 and 23beingreadily fashioned from sheet metal, while the yoke 8 may be readily bentfrom wire.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Aholder ofthe characterdescribed comprising a handle, a plate attached tothe lower end of the handle atrightangles thereto, a lever pivoted tothe handle and having a series of notches, said. latehaving endrecesses, and a yoke slida le through said recesses and havingailoopto-engage any one of said notches, .saidyoke and plate havingcooperating jaws and the yoke having an elastic portion between saidloop-and its jaw.

' 2. A holder of the charactendescribedcomprising a handle, .a plateattached .to the lower end of the handleat rightangles thereto-andhaving a jaw, abutments and recesses between said jaw and abutments, a'leverepivoted to said handle and having, aseries of notches and a wireyoke having side members slidable in said: recesses," a jaw connectingsaid members andlco-operable with the afore-' said aw, portionsconverging from-sa dside members and secured together,a z1g-zag re- 7silient portion beyond said converging; portions, and laloop ibeyondsaid zige'zag, portion to engageranyi one ofsaid notches V 3. A holder.of the character described comprising a handle, a plate attachediothelower end of the handle at rightangles thereto, a lever having one end.ivoted within said handle and having a ban l e atlits other end and aseries ofnotches ialongjits inneredge, a catch carried Zhy the handlefor: the engagement ofthe lever, .said plate havingendirecesses, and ayoke slidable through said-recesses: and havingalloop loosely embracingthe lever'to engage any one of said notches,

said plate and yoke having. cooperatingljaws. In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my wARnnn'wEnLiNGrom

